Tuesday, May 17, 2016

The Boquete Garden Inn

We stayed at the Boquete Garden Inn during our time in Panoramic Boquete, Panama last winter. The garden part, although small, didn't disappoint. It was full of birds and pretty flowers.

This charming walkway meandered to all of the rooms. Which were awkwardly designed, but nice. The worst part though, was staying on the first floor of the two story cabanas. I'm convinced that the couple staying above us, were humans by day, yet morphed into one of the beasts shown below by night. You'll have to use your imagination to attach a 1,000 ton body and loud clomping hooves to their snarling faces...

Scary!

The story of the masks...

If you don't throw all of the bar's drinks down your gullet, this creature will finish them for you. Ga!

Every morning, after a bird filled breakfast, I would sit in the sun by this fellow, and do some writing on my novel. The best part of the day.

My favorite bird feeder.

The Boquete Garden Inn, which is located on the banks of the Caldera river, did not have a view of the surrounding mountains at all. This was a huge disappointment. But what it did have, it had in spades. Little birds. The Inn plied three feeders around the breakfast area with a cash of fruit every morning. In fact, the birds got all of the papaya and the guests got bananas and pineapple. Two of my least favorite fruits. Damn birds! We were the first ones there all week. Ready with our cameras and as always, ready for breakfast. I have a ton of bird photos that will show up soon. Mornings really were magical!

I really do not want to think about the noises your upper neighbors were making. Not good when that happens. At least, you had some quiet time during the day. I like places like this. There are tons of them in Central America.

You should have asked to swap fruit with the birds. I love all tropical fruits, the pineapple and banana would have kept me happy, but the papaya would have added another dimension. It looks like a lovely place to stay and timber floors do have a habit of transmitting and amplifying noise!

Sorry, I guess one has to develop a taste for papaya - and I never did:) Beautiful environment, but to have upstairs neighbors like that...hope you weren't totally sleep deprived! Thanks for you kind comment on my last post. We'll "see" each other back in a few days for SEASONS. have a happy weekend!

Mornings sound heavenly. But I hate when we have neighbors like that ;>) Glad you could laugh about it! I would hate to miss mango for breakfast but the sight of that rose-breasted grosbeak would definitely help my banana go down easier!

Maybe no mountain view, but still a gorgeous place. Those certainly are some scary creatures. Whoever makes them, is very creative (as are you!). I would happily trade you papaya, for bananas and pineapple.

Many thanks Sharon for being a part of SEASONS with the beautiful view of the path for SEASONS this week! There is so much in this post that last time I totally overlooked that you are writing a novel! Am curious and interested about what kind of novel it is? Also glanced at your previous post - Panama is really a beautiful country with plants not seen here in California!Saturday night we came home late from a conference, and noticed that somehow I set the dates of this week wrong for SEASONS meme, every week it (should, lol)) run from Sunday 12am and runs through Wed. 7pm, Pacific time. So, don't be disappointed coming Sat. if you can't get on till midnight!Have a great week and look forward to see you back with one of your beautiful photos!

About Me

Sharon Wagner grew up drawing and painting on the rolling hills of a Wisconsin farm. A few dog years later, after scribbling on acres of paper and splashing around buckets of paint, she graduated from U.W. Stout with a Bachelor of Fine Arts. Sharon made a beeline for Minneapolis as the crow flies. But after traveling to Central America for ten years and counting, she'd be the first to tell you she'd prefer living in the jungles of Costa Rica. Sharon has won awards for her artwork and will continue to create more until the cows come home.

Sharon has two published books. Maya Monkey and Mary Rode to Bethlehem on Me.